MEDIA & PRESS
Dr. Christa Evangelisto is an educator, author, and speaker whose work sits where two questions meet: how adults learn, and how people keep living after loss. Reporters, podcast hosts, and event planners will find recent coverage, a media bio, downloadable photos, and interview topics on this page.
In The Media
IN THE NEWS
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Ones to Watch: Future-Shaping Women of 2026
September 14, 2026 · by Spencer Hulse
“Her memoir, Still Open: Choosing Life After Repeated Loss, challenges the idea that healing means ‘moving on’ and offers a more compassionate vision of resilience.”
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Dr. Christa Evangelisto Explores Resilience in Her Book, "Still Open: Choosing Life After Repeated Loss"
October 19, 2026 · by The Burgett Group, Inc.
“It’s about discovering how to remain open to life, love and possibility—while carrying everything we’ve lost.”
Media Bio
Short bio (for introductions and show notes)
Dr. Christa Evangelisto is an adult learning expert, keynote speaker, and author of Still Open: Choosing Life After Repeated Loss. She chairs the Biology department at Dallas College, holds a PhD in Postsecondary and Adult Education, and has published research on teaching critical thinking in STEM in three peer-reviewed journals. Drawing on nearly two decades in adult education and her own experience of repeated loss, she created the Still Open™ Framework to help educators, leaders, and medical professionals navigating life's hardest seasons transform adversity into wisdom, connection, and purposeful impact. The phoenix that marks her book and materials stands for endurance, not triumph.
Interview Topics
Remaining Open After Life-Altering Loss
Why resilience is not “moving on,” how grief and joy coexist, and how people can remain open without abandoning boundaries.
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What the Ashes Still Contain
How adversity can reveal strength, wisdom, agency, and possibility without romanticizing suffering.
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Leading Through Change Without Losing Humanity
How leaders can support people through disruption while maintaining clarity, accountability, and sustainable performance.
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You Have to Reach Them to Teach Them
What adult learners need, why expertise alone does not guarantee effective teaching, and how small design shifts improve engagement and retention.
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Boundaried Openness
How to practice vulnerability, connection, and hope while protecting emotional well-being and honoring discernment.
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Suggested Host Introduction
Our guest is Dr. Christa Evangelisto, an adult learning expert, keynote speaker, academic leader, and author of Still Open: Choosing Life After Repeated Loss. Her research-informed and deeply human work is designed to help people and organizations navigate adversity without losing their capacity for connection, learning, or purposeful action. Please welcome Dr. Christa Evangelisto.